58 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No, 1, 
Lefsves glabrous 
Leaves broad lye!I)ptic*OTate,eqnfi^aid©d at the baae 12. B, Herveyana. 
Leaves oFate-laiic&olato, uneqQal- aided eapeciaily 
at the base ... „. ... „. B. perakensis. 
Leavea very oblique, oyfito to renifortn, obliquely cor- 
date Sit tlie base : — 
Leaves glabruos even on the nerreB ;— 
Male flowers leas tliEin 1 in, across ... .„ 14. B. paupercula. 
Male flowers about 1'5 in. across ... ... 15, B.'ve-rtusta. 
Ijeaves glabrous, but tbe uerves hairy % tnale flotrer 
2 in. across ... ... ... IG. B. meifapUroidea, 
Leaves with a few coarae compressed riiaty*pubeBcent 
hrtira ou both surracea ; nerrea beneath, petioles and 
also pedunelea rusty-pubeaoent ; male flowers '8 io. 
ftoroas ... „, „. ... 17. B. MaatmlUana. 
Upper gurfuces of Itiuvts pHpillose and beariug coari^ 
hHirs : — 
Acaulescent ; petiole moch longer than the lamina 18, B. prOAclara. 
Sterna 3 feet high ; petiole shorter tbau the blade 19. B. Loutiana. 
1. Bhgonu Forbesu, King n. sp. A small plant a few incbes 
liigb with densely inisty-villose rhizome. Leaves rotund-ovate shortly 
apicalate, sometitxiea blunt, the base slightly cordate, the edgea subentire 
or remotely detiticulate ; upper surface glabrous : the lower with nunier- 
oua white scales and a few coarse hairs on tlie nerves near their bases : 
main-nervea 9, radiating from the base, inconspicuous ; length 1"25 to 
2*25 in.; breadth 1 to 2 in,; petiole TS to 3 in.; stipules lanceolate, 
Tillona exteinally, '3 in. long. Peduneles as long as or longer than the 
leaves, slender, glabrous, bearing a solitary flower at the apex, or 
2- branched and bearing 2 to 5 flowers ; bracts absent ou the lower part 
of the peduncle, in pail's in its upper part, small, obov ate- oblong. 
Flowers pink, their pedicels red. Male ; se^aU 2, oblong, blunt, '13 in. 
long ; petah 2, similar bnt smaller; stamena namerouB ; anthers obovate, 
with emarginate apices, filaments short. Females ; perianth of 4 un- 
equal pieces, the outermost rotand-ovate : the inner oblong. Styles 3, 
thick, the stigmas large, flattdhed, rotund. Capsule 3-ceUed, opening 
on each face ; the wings subeqnal, spreading, triangular, blunt. 
PEftAK; Wray 2476.— Distrlb. Sumatra, Forbes 2666. 
2. Begokia ISOPTERA, Dry. in Smith's Ic. 43. Caulescent: three 
feet high, nearly glabrous ; stem and branches slender. Leaves obliquely 
ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, shoi-tly acuminate, the base cordate, 
the sides very unequal ; edges remotely and usually coarsely dentate ; 
upper surface of leaves quite glabrous, the lower minutely scaly; main- 
nerves mostly radiating from the base, branched, prominent; length 
3'5 to 6 in.; breadth 1*5 to Sin. j petioles slender, varying from '5 to 
